Wheel or rim crate



0. A. PARKER.

, WHEEL 0R RIM CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 3. 1911.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

0. A. PARKER.

WHEEL 0R RIM CRATE.

APPLICIATION FILED MAR. s, 1911.

1,333,673. Patented Mar.16,192 0.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2- 0. A. PARKER.

I WHEEL 0R RIM CRATE. APPLICATlON FILED MR. '3, 1917.

1,333,673. Patented Mar. 16,1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

y M M strips A asfmost.elearlyfshown in Fig, 2.

35 v everlapp ed andconnec-ted ito the, empo portions A? will engage the bottoms of tire seats I) of the rims and thus position the rims between the plurality of notched or grooved strips and hold them 'ontof" contact with one another. 7

' After the set of rims or Wheels hasbeen {r introduced in. the crate, the remaining grooved or notched-stripyis seeured in place and then in order to strengthen the'crate and therein 'Iemploy straps or bands Efof metal utilize the rigidity of tlie'articles contained which" are connected {to the exterior ;,of.the :notched orgrooved strips, being passed-cireiimferentially around theheel min": 'and contacting with the. rim intermediate "the it a In the drawing have own fi iS stri p' or V band E as ordinary strap lronhut it W llof course be understood that one for more strands of wireforlother materialcan be eni- 5When thel wheels have reached ftheii" desli e i y ne s jerv .m loos n I the ends Ofth circumferential straps; andQr'e-V n Can then :be inimediatelyremoved froingthe l Y 10 s f e b y S r ps i h Wheels crate: and "the crate can then; be returned a (a. knocked down; condition for. uselagain it pieces B areefsheet metal, the ends being tion 0f thejfyvooden 1' l'bodfy E strips'has Z 'fno'st clearly shown In 'afconstructionf of this 7 pointed out. V

" modification" .-in{ which the gamma; body strips. A are of sheet) metal and] the end notched strips;

g kind the eirciimferentiall straps will be' ised in exactly the same manner, a previously In Flg; 8 'I have shown a pieces :F' of; tweed, the body; strips being flafig'edimtchedjg "Al, p ng. ing projections A? in lord f t g and the heel e mies P o e PO:

sitioned-ffflf a "one end" and] oneciir'oumfrential band; son- 7 ne'cted to Wooden' notched tgips and Fig: 6 showsg'the same construction with metal,-

j modification in which the body strips and T n P ces are both l s e 'i-m fiekt b dy shown-and if'desifedtheiend p iie ces B can of connected I thereto by riveting 'or' spot v welding as preferredQQIn ltherfleonstmction 'j shown in; Figs. 84 and 9 circnmferential bandspE Yinay be employed and connected, to j the metal strips, b spotvwelding brgother- Wise, or strands of Wire couldbe employed i being; woundaround bodymembers and Q contacting with the Wheel rims. c When the;

crate is composed'entirely-of sheet metal the end pieces canbe pivotally connected if desired so that the two sections of the crate "can becoinpactly folded and returned as a knock-down ci'ate. If made entirely of sheet metal the entire crate can" be made of tw'o pieces, each piece'being shapedinto a rectangular frame fandthe ends united.

Figs. l0, l1; and 12 show the notched metal pieces A? and illustrate some of the fmany diflerent, forms these strips can be in'adein'.

By means of'a cr'ate'constrncted as shown damagei as theriins and Wheels are held Spaced from one" another, and the'l 'projectlllg pofrtions'A? andxmtont ct with thebottoms ofthej tire siejfatsj ofthe rims, and any' ub g? fibre iq fl th P int is. Ofl consequence, and. ,whilel j flange of, the rims enter the grooves ,01 notches they do .f'no't contact with the'kend'strip}n0r with each i I fitilize the rigidity of thea-rticl'es carried,

the circumferential bands-*2. V l

In'case Wirewheel areto betransported,

thereto; by either or boththe endfpieces and org ivheeljsjwith hubs-and brake drums, vthe and" bind the. ;positioning strips-securely ,80 "and described l;'amable totransport rims" i and wheels withotitthe slightest dangerjlof' other. '{Furthei'morein making-up thiscrate' "It is obvious-"that the "end pi-(se en The I dis ie'nsed with when circumferential vbands are used unless I thesel end pieces-are ,desired -t0.fprote'c t the outside wheels frominjury,

f and it {will tlsoQbe understood that a; cir

,cu'rnferential or ibands -jwill, not be eq a ivlwhen th Cret ha fficient rigidity; Having thu dese lcleim isl;

e h is r bed nyeiition; W11 at peripheral portions,gsaid crate eoin irising {h i V at least; awe of oppo i y ispb d i p IIL Fig'.-5 thBIChELlT metal end piecesat L having notches therein ad apted .to.,1ieceii7e the'flange portions of ithe heel-peripheries,- v the portionsofthe strips betweenthehotehes being adapted; to lengage the of the channeledperipheralportionslof.the'wheels, In Fig. 9.:Ihe-ye shown a; s'till further gStripS v1 comprising, at least a' pair of oppositely dis-n posed strips, the opposed faces of said strips having; a rpli ralityffof; notches Pent Lthereifn,

. said'notchesbeing'oftsneh size andogs iposi-t crate ior ,Whielslihfiiig l min led;

tioned'withreference to each? other? as vto rec i'v the m fl n erti 's r o wheel fip'eripheries; the; intervening. pontions ibeing adapted tO' engagethe faces iof wheel-peripheries, end pieces connecting the strips and a 7 my Signature.

ORRELA. PARKE the wheel peri herie'; the meme-ate p01? etion sofsaid stripsbeir g adapted toengage V 1 J the bases of the channeled peripher ijes lthe end pieces being connected together, and a.

band connected to the: exterior of the strips intermediate sai'd'js'trips. v

In testimony-whereof, I hereunto afi ix "andzpda'pted toengage the wheel peripheries 

